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{{Short description|American Quaker teacher, activist, and advocate}}
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| spouse = Moses Bailey (1868-1882; his death); 1 child
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| party = Women's Christian Temperance Union <br>Woman's Peace Party
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[[File:BaileyPortrait 02.tif|thumb|Photograph of Hannah Johnston Bailey (1884)]]

'''Hannah Johnston Bailey''' (July 5, 1839 – October 23, 1923) was an American [[Quakers|Quaker]] teacher, activist, and advocate for peace, temperance, and women's suffrage.
'''Hannah Johnston Bailey''' (July 5, 1839 – October 23, 1923) was an American [[Quakers|Quaker]] teacher, pacifist, activist, and advocate for peace, temperance, and women's suffrage.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Hannah Clark Johnston was born in [[Cornwall, New York]], in the [[Hudson Valley]], the daughter of David Johnston and Letitia Clark Johnston. Her parents were Quakers; her father was a tanner and a farmer. She was the eldest of eleven children.<ref>Frank L. Byrne, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&dq=Hannah+Johnston+Bailey&pg=PA84 "Hannah Johnston Bailey"] in Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, eds., ''Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3'' (Harvard University Press 1971): 83-85. {{ISBN|9780674627345}}</ref> Although they were Quakers, two of her younger brothers fought in the [[American Civil War]], and one died, cementing for Hannah Johnston a commitment to peace.<ref>Yoko Nishimura, [http://search.proquest.com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/docview/304940037 ''Educating Women for Peace: The Life and Work of Hannah Johnston Bailey and Katherine Devereux Blake in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Early Twentieth Century Women's Peace Movement''] (PhD diss., University at Buffalo 2006); accessed July 11, 2020.</ref>
Hannah Clark Johnston was born in [[Cornwall, New York]], in the [[Hudson Valley]], the daughter of David Johnston and Letitia Clark Johnston. Her parents were Quakers; her father was a tanner and a farmer. She was the eldest of eleven children.<ref>Frank L. Byrne, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&dq=Hannah+Johnston+Bailey&pg=PA84 "Hannah Johnston Bailey"] in Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, eds., ''Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3'' (Harvard University Press 1971): 83-85. {{ISBN|9780674627345}}</ref> Although they were Quakers, two of her younger brothers fought in the [[American Civil War]], and one died, cementing for Hannah Johnston a commitment to peace.<ref>Yoko Nishimura, [https://www.proquest.com/docview/304940037 ''Educating Women for Peace: The Life and Work of Hannah Johnston Bailey and Katherine Devereux Blake in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Early Twentieth Century Women's Peace Movement''] (PhD diss., University at Buffalo 2006); accessed July 11, 2020.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Bailey taught school in [[Plattekill, New York]] from 1858-67. She ran her late husband's businesses, a factory producing oilcloth and a carpet store, from 1882 until 1889, and 1891, respectively.<ref>Mary Ashton Rice Livermore and Frances Willard, eds., [https://archive.org/details/americanwomenfif01live ''American women: fifteen hundred biographies with over 1,400 portraits''] (Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick 1897): pg. 44.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
Bailey taught school in [[Plattekill, New York]] from 1858 to 1867. She ran her late husband's businesses, a factory producing oilcloth and a carpet store, from 1882 until 1889, and 1891, respectively.<ref>Mary Ashton Rice Livermore and Frances Willard, eds., [https://archive.org/details/americanwomenfif01live ''American women: fifteen hundred biographies with over 1,400 portraits''] (Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick 1897): pg. 44.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>


In 1883, she joined the [[Women's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU), and worked with [[Lillian M. N. Stevens]] to establish a reformatory for women in Maine. She represented Maine at the National Conference of Charities and Correction. In 1887, she became head of the WCTU's new Department of Peace and Arbitration, and through the organization worked to oppose war and violence in all forms, including [[capital punishment]], [[lynching]], [[prizefighting]], military conscription, even toy soldiers and military drills in schools. In 1898 she was elected president of the [[Woman's Temperance Publishing Association]], succeeding [[Matilda Carse]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10989215/the_inter_ocean/ "Mrs. Carse Resigns"] ''Inter Ocean'' (November 19, 1898): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref>
In 1883, she joined the [[Women's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU), and worked with [[Lillian M. N. Stevens]] to establish a reformatory for women in Maine. She represented Maine at the [[National Conference of Charities and Correction]]. In 1887, she became head of the WCTU's new Department of Peace and Arbitration, and through the organization worked to oppose war and violence in all forms, including [[capital punishment]], [[lynching]], [[prizefighting]], military conscription, even toy soldiers and military drills in schools. In 1898 she was elected president of the [[Woman's Temperance Publishing Association]], the publishing arm of the WCTU, succeeding [[Matilda Carse]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10989215/the_inter_ocean/ "Mrs. Carse Resigns"] ''Inter Ocean'' (November 19, 1898): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She also served as business manager.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Hannah J. Bailey Papers {{!}} Archives & Manuscripts |url=https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/scpc-dg-005 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu}}</ref>


She was editor and publisher of two WCTU peace periodicals, ''Pacific Banner'' and ''Acorn'' (intended for young readers), from her home in [[Winthrop, Maine]]. She retired from her WCTU posts in 1916, as [[World War I]] began and the WCTU endorsed American involvement.<ref name="Craig">{{Cite journal |jstor = 41947745|title = Hannah Johnston Bailey: Publicist for Peace|journal = Quaker History|volume = 84|issue = 1|pages = 3–16|last1 = Craig|first1 = John M.|year = 1995|doi = 10.1353/qkh.1995.0016|s2cid = 161450773}}</ref>
She was editor and publisher of two WCTU peace periodicals, ''Pacific Banner'' and ''Acorn'' (intended for young readers), from her home in [[Winthrop, Maine]]. She retired from her WCTU posts in 1916, as [[World War I]] began and the WCTU endorsed American involvement.<ref name="Craig">{{Cite journal |jstor = 41947745|title = Hannah Johnston Bailey: Publicist for Peace|journal = Quaker History|volume = 84|issue = 1|pages = 3–16|last1 = Craig|first1 = John M.|year = 1995|doi = 10.1353/qkh.1995.0016|s2cid = 161450773}}</ref>
[[File:Hannah Johnston Bailey (1895).png|thumb|Hannah Johnston Bailey (1895)]]
[[File:Hannah Johnston Bailey (1895).png|thumb|Hannah Johnston Bailey (1895)]]
From 1891 to 1897, she was president of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association, and from 1895 to 1899 she served as treasurer of the [[National Council of Women of the United States|National Council of Women]]. In 1915 she joined the [[Woman's Peace Party]], and was a member of the [[Women's International League for Peace and Freedom]] at the end of her life.<ref name="Craig"/>
From 1891 to 1899, she was president of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association, and from 1895 to 1899 she served as treasurer of the [[National Council of Women of the United States|National Council of Women]]. She was also a member of the [[National American Woman Suffrage Association|National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA)]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1915 she joined the [[Woman's Peace Party]], and was a member of the [[Women's International League for Peace and Freedom]] at the end of her life.<ref name="Craig"/>

Her many other reform interests included the influence of militarism on children, reform of women's prisons, the abolition of capital punishment, and women's missionary work. Bailey also served as an officer of the Universal Peace Union.<ref name=":0" />


Bailey wrote a biography of her late husband, ''Reminiscences of a Christian Life'' (1885).<ref>Hannah J. Bailey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1N1V9KFzdKkC ''Reminiscences of a Christian Life''] (Hoyt, Fogg, & Donham 1885).<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
Bailey wrote a biography of her late husband, ''Reminiscences of a Christian Life'' (1885).<ref>Hannah J. Bailey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1N1V9KFzdKkC ''Reminiscences of a Christian Life''] (Hoyt, Fogg, & Donham 1885).<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hannah Clark Johnson married Moses Bailey in 1868, as his second wife. They had one child, Moses Melvin Bailey, born in 1869. She was widowed when her husband died in 1882, after a long illness. She died in [[Portland, Maine]] in 1923, aged 84.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10989568/hannah_j_bailey_died_1923/ "Temperance Leader Dies"], ''Evening News'' (October 25, 1923): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, Maine.
Hannah Clark Johnson married Moses Bailey in 1868, as his second wife. They had one child, Moses Melvin Bailey, born in 1869. She was widowed when her husband died in 1882, after a long illness. She died in [[Portland, Maine]] in 1923, aged 84.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10989568/hannah_j_bailey_died_1923/ "Temperance Leader Dies"], ''Evening News'' (October 25, 1923): 3. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, Maine.


Her papers are archived in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.<ref>[http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/8/resources/6967 Hannah J. Bailey Papers], [https://www.swarthmore.edu/peace-collection Swarthmore College Peace Collection]; accessed July 11, 2020.</ref>
Her papers are archived in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.<ref name=":0">[http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/8/resources/6967 Hannah J. Bailey Papers], [https://www.swarthmore.edu/peace-collection Swarthmore College Peace Collection]; accessed July 11, 2020.</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{wikisource-inline|Woman of the Century/Hannah J. Bailey}}
* {{wikisource-inline|Woman of the Century/Hannah J. Bailey}}
* The [https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/8/resources/6967 Hannah J. Bailey Papers] held at the [https://www.swarthmore.edu/peace-collection Swarthmore College Peace Collection]
* Much of the periodicals edited by Hannah J. Bailey have been digitized and are available at the [http://inherownright.org/records/dg-005 In Her Own Right project]
* Much of the periodicals edited by Hannah J. Bailey have been digitized and are available at the [http://inherownright.org/records/dg-005 In Her Own Right project]


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Latest revision as of 16:43, 24 December 2024

Hannah Johnston Bailey
Hannah J. Bailey, "A Woman of the Century", from an 1897 publication.
Born
Hannah Clark Johnston

(1839-07-05)July 5, 1839
Cornwall, New York
DiedOctober 23, 1923(1923-10-23) (aged 84)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTeacher
Political partyWomen's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Peace Party
Spouse
Moses Bailey
​
​
(m. 1868; died 1882)​
Children1
Photograph of Hannah Johnston Bailey (1884)

Hannah Johnston Bailey (July 5, 1839 – October 23, 1923) was an American Quaker teacher, pacifist, activist, and advocate for peace, temperance, and women's suffrage.

Early life

[edit]

Hannah Clark Johnston was born in Cornwall, New York, in the Hudson Valley, the daughter of David Johnston and Letitia Clark Johnston. Her parents were Quakers; her father was a tanner and a farmer. She was the eldest of eleven children.[1] Although they were Quakers, two of her younger brothers fought in the American Civil War, and one died, cementing for Hannah Johnston a commitment to peace.[2]

Career

[edit]

Bailey taught school in Plattekill, New York from 1858 to 1867. She ran her late husband's businesses, a factory producing oilcloth and a carpet store, from 1882 until 1889, and 1891, respectively.[3]

In 1883, she joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and worked with Lillian M. N. Stevens to establish a reformatory for women in Maine. She represented Maine at the National Conference of Charities and Correction. In 1887, she became head of the WCTU's new Department of Peace and Arbitration, and through the organization worked to oppose war and violence in all forms, including capital punishment, lynching, prizefighting, military conscription, even toy soldiers and military drills in schools. In 1898 she was elected president of the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, the publishing arm of the WCTU, succeeding Matilda Carse.[4] She also served as business manager.[5]

She was editor and publisher of two WCTU peace periodicals, Pacific Banner and Acorn (intended for young readers), from her home in Winthrop, Maine. She retired from her WCTU posts in 1916, as World War I began and the WCTU endorsed American involvement.[6]

Hannah Johnston Bailey (1895)

From 1891 to 1899, she was president of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association, and from 1895 to 1899 she served as treasurer of the National Council of Women. She was also a member of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA).[7] In 1915 she joined the Woman's Peace Party, and was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom at the end of her life.[6]

Her many other reform interests included the influence of militarism on children, reform of women's prisons, the abolition of capital punishment, and women's missionary work. Bailey also served as an officer of the Universal Peace Union.[7]

Bailey wrote a biography of her late husband, Reminiscences of a Christian Life (1885).[8]

Personal life

[edit]

Hannah Clark Johnson married Moses Bailey in 1868, as his second wife. They had one child, Moses Melvin Bailey, born in 1869. She was widowed when her husband died in 1882, after a long illness. She died in Portland, Maine in 1923, aged 84.[9] She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, Maine.

Her papers are archived in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.[7]

Selected works

[edit]
  • Reminiscences of a Christian Life (1885)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Frank L. Byrne, "Hannah Johnston Bailey" in Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer, eds., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3 (Harvard University Press 1971): 83-85. ISBN 9780674627345
  2. ^ Yoko Nishimura, Educating Women for Peace: The Life and Work of Hannah Johnston Bailey and Katherine Devereux Blake in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Early Twentieth Century Women's Peace Movement (PhD diss., University at Buffalo 2006); accessed July 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Mary Ashton Rice Livermore and Frances Willard, eds., American women: fifteen hundred biographies with over 1,400 portraits (Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick 1897): pg. 44.
  4. ^ "Mrs. Carse Resigns" Inter Ocean (November 19, 1898): 3. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  5. ^ "Collection: Hannah J. Bailey Papers | Archives & Manuscripts". archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  6. ^ a b Craig, John M. (1995). "Hannah Johnston Bailey: Publicist for Peace". Quaker History. 84 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1353/qkh.1995.0016. JSTOR 41947745. S2CID 161450773.
  7. ^ a b c Hannah J. Bailey Papers, Swarthmore College Peace Collection; accessed July 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Hannah J. Bailey, Reminiscences of a Christian Life (Hoyt, Fogg, & Donham 1885).
  9. ^ "Temperance Leader Dies", Evening News (October 25, 1923): 3. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
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